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THREE OUT, FIVE BACK

To get to Vegas from Los Angeles, you do whatever you can to just get out of the city. Then, for the most part, you’re on I-15, which winds through the Cajon Pass and into the Mojave. Near Primm, you pass a solar power facility that looks like sheets of plate armor, stretched out on the desert plain. Towns like Primm feel like they’re previews for Vegas. They have their own buffets and slots and table games. On the drive in, they stoke excitement for Sin City, because they tell you that you’re getting closer.

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